Finger-guard



(No Model.)

RECHESTBRTON.

FINGER GUARD. I No. 408,912. Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

A TTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST II. CI'IESTERTON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

F|NGER-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,912, dated August 13, 1889. Application filed December 20, 1888. Serial No. 294,229. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST II. CHESTERTON, of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Fi11ger-Guard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to'provide a guard for use in the slicing of vegetables, fruits, &c.,upon what are termed in thetrade vegetable-slicers, and to this end the invention consists of a pouch or guard into which two or more of the fingers are slipped and a thumb pouch or guard which is connected to the main finger-guard by a flexible band, all as will be hereinafterdescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the Views.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved finger-guard, representing the same as it appears When applied to the hand of an operator, a portion of a vegetableslicer being represented in this View; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the guard.

In constructing such a guard as the one forming the subj cot-matter of this application I provide a pouch 10, which is preferably made of metal, but which might be made of any other proper material which would not be injured by contact with the knife of the slicer. To this pouch there is connected a flexible strip 11, preferably of metal. Upon the extending end of the strip 11 there is secured a thumb pouch or stall 12. The pouch 10 is made of proper size to receive one,- two, or more fingers, the size which I prefer being that adapted to receive three fingers, as shown in the drawings, and, if desired, one or both sides of the pouch might be bent inward, as shown at a, thus producing partial separation between the fingers of the operator.

In use the guard is applied as represented in Fig. 1, and in practice itwill be found that should the hand of the operator slip, or should he inadvertently hold the piece of vegetable or fruit being operated upon too long, his hand will be fully protected against the action of the knife of the slicer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The improved finger-guard consisting of the main metal pouch 10, adapted to receive the tips of two or more fingers, the independent metal thumb-pouch 12, and aflexible band 1], which is attached to said pouches at its respective ends and serves as the sole connection between them, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a main fingerpouch, of a thumb pouch or stall and a metallic band, the. band being connected to the finger-pouch at one end and to the thumbpouch at the other, substantially as described.

ERNEST II. CHESTERTON.

Witu esses:

CHARLES R. RICHARDS, JAMES MARSHALL. 

